Question

A researcher wishes to determine the average number of vehicles are registered to a typical Houston residence. In order to do this, he sends a survey to 250 randomly selected residences asking for them to indicate the number of registered and return the survey. Identify the population.

Answer 1

Answer: Houston residences

Step-by-step explanation:

• A population is the group of members comes under the same criteria by the researcher's point of view.

Here , The objective of the researcher is to determine the average number of vehicles are registered to a typical Houston residence.

Clearly , the population is this situation is "Houston residences" having vehicles.

Note : 250 randomly selected residences are defining the sample of the entire population of Houston residences which is a subset of population.

Hence, the correct answer is Houston residences.